INDIAN
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The name 'Moundsville' represents the many Indian mounds that once occupied this area of the Ohio Valley. The Grave Creek Mound has been preserved and is located within this West Virginia town's city limits, across the street from its eerie old, stark stone neighbor, the West Virginia Pen. |
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This Indian burial mound was constructed around 200 B.C. The mound
stands 69-feet tall and has a base diameter of 295-feet. The
original mound was also encircled by a moat 5-feet deep, and 40-feet wide.
Grave Creek Mound construction required over 60,000 tons of earth. Since the workers
didn't use horses or the wheel, that meant a lot of baskets of dirt! |
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| The mound-building Adena People lived in West Virginia from approximately 1,000 B.C. to 1 A.D. Around 500 B.C., the Adena culture in the Ohio Valley slowly gave way to the Hopewell culture. | |
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This world-famous burial mound was
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Searchable Google Map to the Grave Creek Indian Mound |
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Delf Norona Museum &
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Grave Creek Mound |
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First museum at the mound's base |
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Looking up the mound |
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Stone steps lead visitors (with good wind) to the top |
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Stone directional marker on top |
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Marshall County Court House |
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1942 inscription |
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Roof of the museum built in 1915 |
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Reconstructed stone steps |
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The old West Virginia Penitentiary |
WEST VIRGINIA PENITENTIARY
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Tours are available of the |
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Landscaping
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